pollicitor
Σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος καὶ παίγνιον: ἢ μάθε παίζειν, τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθείς, ἢ φέρε τὰς ὀδύνας → All life is a stage and a play: either learn to play laying your gravity aside, or bear with life's pains.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pollĭcĭtor: ātus, 1, v. freq. a. and n. polliceor,
I to promise (mostly ante- and post-class.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): pro capite argentum, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 24: operam suam alicui, id. Mil. 3, 3, 6; Dig. 50, 12, 6. —Absol.: ego te complures menses tuli Pollicitantem, nihil ferentem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 36: sollicitando et pollicitando, id. And. 5, 4, 9: largiundo atque pollicitando magis incendere, Sall. C. 38, 1; id. J. 8, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pollĭcĭtor,¹⁵ ātus sum, ārī (polliceor), tr. et intr., promettre beaucoup, souvent : Pl. Mil. 879 ; Rud. 929 ; Ter. Andr. 912 ; Phorm. 521 ; Sall. C. 38, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
pollicitor, ātus sum, āri (Intens. v. polliceor), versprechen, verheißen, alci operam suam od. operam alcis, Plaut. mil. 879 u. 1058 G.: pro capite argentum, Plaut. rud. 929: promittens se Pyrrhum veneno occisurum, si sibi quidquam pollicitaretur, Aur. Vict. de vir. ill. 35, 13: si quid ob honores pollicitatae sunt, Ulp. dig. 50, 12, 6. § 2: absol., pollicitans et nihil ferens, Ter. Phorm. 521: sollicitando et pollicitando eorum animos lactas? Ter. Andr. 912: largiundo atque pollicitando magis incendere (plebem), Sall. Cat. 38, 1; vgl. Iug. 8, 1: Partic. subst. pollicitata = promissa, pollicitata semel perpetuata manent, Ven. Fort. carm. 6, 2, 94. – / parag. Inf. pollicitarier, Plaut. Poen. 999.
